Do Me A Favour
On Saturday April 19th, pop down to your local record emporium and buy something. Buy something tangible, with a cover you can lovingly caress.. something with great music inside. Just like we used to. It’s Record Store Day.
Because if you don’t, one day, you’ll wake up, look around and the friendly record store geezer, your sonic shaman, your music mentor, won’t be there any more. And that would be a great shame.
As Uncle Nick Hornby says:
“Yes, yes, I know. It’s easier to download music, and probably cheaper. But what’s playing on your favourite download store when you walk into it?
Nothing, that’s what. Who are you going to meet in there? Nobody. Where are the notice boards offering flatshares and vacant slots in bands destined for superstardom? Who’s going to tell you to stop listening to that and start listening to this? Go ahead and save yourself a couple of quid. The saving will cost you a career, a set of cool friends, musical taste and, eventually, your soul. Record stores can’t save your life. But they can give you a better one.”
Hear hear.
Captain,
Reading this made me realise something – I don’t actually own a CD player\Turntable or casette player!
I’m not sure how that happened, but it looks like the digital age crept up on me and kidnapped me :)
So, I could take your advice and go to the record shop (if I can find one!), but I’ll have to sit in the car or in front of the computer if I want to listen to my purchases!
Time and technology roll ever onwards
Rock on!
El Tele (keeping it real, in 24bit\96kHz digital sound quality)
Ah yes, those were the days, jumpers for goal posts, a local record store in every high street in the land! Sadly no more. HMV with it’s 4 floors of music just doesn’t do it for me. Does my local ‘charidee’ store with is second hand vinyl section count? =) Here’s to Record Store Day – if you can find one.
Tel, I didn’t say you had to buy a record now did I? Music books have covers. Charidee second hand records, JT.. why not? Spread some lurve.